It was the first eco-site in the area and offers tourists a unique opportunity to pick fruit and catch crocodiles and fish in the traditional way.
It takes three hours by bus from Ho Chi Minh City to get to An Binh Commune, then it is just a short boat trip to the 2.2-hectare resort on An Binh Islet, where people can enjoy an atmosphere of early twentieth century southern Vietnam.
The Vinh Sang ecotourism site is a trip back to nature, where you can pick fruit from common Mekong Delta trees such as plum, longan, mango, star apple, guava and coconut.
Many activities give visitors a taste of life of Mekong Delta farmers, such as bailing out ditches to catch fish and fishing with nets in sail boats.
You can eat what you catch after it is baked in the sand.
For VND15,000 (US$0.90) you can learn how to make some traditional southern cakes.
Many other kinds of special food are served at Vinh Sang Restaurant, where patrons dine in 30 palm thatched huts.
Each hut holds up to 10 guests with prices at around VND100,000 ($6) a person.
For VND5,000 ($0.30) you can ride on an ostrich and for another VND2,000 ($0.12) there’s always crocodile fishing with poles.
Otherwise you can just have fun swimming in the Co Chien River.
To make your own tours and understand more about local life and work at pottery or coconut candy trade villages, there are bicycles for hire for VND15,000 ($0.90).
After night falls you can ride down the river and listen to don ca tai tu, the traditional improvisational chamber music of southern Vietnam.
Some quiet attractions like Vinh Sang Farm and Tien Chau Pagoda are also worth visiting.
Activities at Vinh Sang Resort are available from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and a day tour from HCMC costs about VND400,000 ($24).
Since its opening in early 2005, Vinh Sang Resort has welcomed thousands of tourists, about 20 percent of them foreigners.
Reported by Diem Thu |
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